Mario Party

Mario Party
Logo since 2021
Genre(s)Party
Developer(s)
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Creator(s)Kenji Kikuchi
Platform(s)
First releaseMario Party
December 18, 1998 (December 18, 1998)
Latest releaseMario Party Superstars
October 29, 2021 (October 29, 2021)

Mario Party[a] is a party video game series featuring characters from the Mario franchise in which up to four local players or computer-controlled characters (called "CPUs") compete in a board game interspersed with minigames. The games are currently developed by NDcube and published by Nintendo, being previously developed by Hudson Soft. The series is known for its party game elements, including the often unpredictable multiplayer modes that allow play with up to four, and sometimes eight, human players or CPUs.

After the development of Mario Party 8, several of Hudson Soft's key designers left to work for Nintendo subsidiary NDcube, developers of Wii Party.[1] Starting in 2012 with Mario Party 9, NDcube has taken over development of the series from Hudson Soft. The first instalment in the series on the Nintendo Switch, Super Mario Party, was released on October 5, 2018.[2]

The series received generally favorable reception in the beginning, but as the series has progressed, the reception has become more mixed. The series holds the record for the longest-running minigame series.[3] As of December 2014, Nintendo reported cumulative worldwide sales of 39.6 million game copies in the Mario Party franchise.[4]


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  1. ^ "What Wii Party And Mario Party Have In Common". Kotaku. August 25, 2010. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
  2. ^ Lanier, Liz (June 12, 2018). "E3 Trailer: 'Super Mario Party' Coming to Nintendo Switch". Variety. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  3. ^ Guinness World Records 2011 – Gamer's Edition. Guinness World Records Ltd. 2010. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-4053-6546-8.
  4. ^ "Bring along your amiibo as your party plus-one from 20th March in Mario Party 10". Nintendo of Europe. February 19, 2015. Retrieved February 21, 2015.